Window cover and display apparatus having the same and method of manufacturing display apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung Ha PARK, Nak Hyun KIM, Yong Suk CHO, Cheol HAM
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a display apparatus having an improved structure to satisfy flexibility and durability at the same time and a method of manufacturing the same. The display apparatus includes a display panel to display an image, and a window cover having a first portion disposed to be integrally bent with the display panel and positioned at an inside of a bending direction and a second portion positioned at an outside of the bending direction and having different stiffness from the first portion.
Claims36
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display panel configured to display an image;
- and
- a window cover disposed to be integrally bent with the display panel and having a first portion positioned at an inside thereof in a bending direction and a second portion positioned at an outside thereof in the bending direction and having a different stiffness from the first portion.
A flexible display apparatus, the display apparatus comprising:
- a display panel configured to display an image;
- a touch panel disposed adjacent to the display panel to output a touch signal;
- and
- a window cover disposed to face the display panel while having the touch panel therebetween and formed of a transparent plastic material,
- wherein the window cover comprises:
- a base layer;
- a first protective layer disposed on the base layer to be positioned at an inside of the base layer in a bending direction of the display apparatus;
- and
- a second protective layer disposed on the base layer to be positioned at an outside of the base layer in the bending direction of the display apparatus and having a different physical property from the first protective layer.
A method of manufacturing a display apparatus including a window cover having a base layer, the method comprising:
- disposing a first protective layer and a second protective layer to face each other while having the base layer therebetween;
- and
- processing at least one of the first protective layer and the second protective layer such that the first protective layer and the second protective layer have different thicknesses.
A window cover that may be used in a display apparatus having a display panel to display an image, the window cover comprising:
- a first portion disposed to be integrally bent with the display panel and positioned at an inside thereof in a bending direction;
- and
- a second portion positioned at an outside thereof in the bending direction and having a different stiffness from the first portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.